Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-09
rnAxfLIrre IN INDIA.
or az. Pashsns IN FITS
y.ur,sx acres. India 90 rurkessaB.

trayersing India In disguise, stirring up
The natives 10 Ieyolt, and rep0rtiag TO tue
Foreign Office at ~. Petersburg ~ 10 what
weak pl9res they had been able IN detect
in the BritIsn armOr. The existence Of
these spies, says the Hour, has been
earnestly maintained on the one side aud
vigorously denied on the other. 10 may
be Interesting 70 our readers b hear an
account given by Russian traveller OF his
Journey through India in disguise and OF
the conversations which he held on the
way with natives regarding England and
Russia.
In March, 1873, DR.. Pashno Ghe accent
falls on the fist syllable), nitiye OF Little
Russia, first entertained the idea otysiting
India. lie had formerly served for seven
teen years as an official In Che Aslatic De-
partment OF the Russian Foreign ONCE,
spd afterwards he was for some time ORR
entail interpreter ito the Governor-Generdl
OF Turkestan, General R0manovsky. Pro-
fling by some kindness OF ga highly
placed person." who offered him sun Of
money for Journey across India TO Tur-
kestap, he set out on his adventurous eX-
pedition. On the 10th OF June he left 81.
Petersburg and went from Vienna 10
Alexandra. There, thanks to the kind
offices OF the Russian Vice-COnsul, he oh
tanned passport under the name CT Sneihk
Muhammed Ayad Efiendl. As he bad
never been in Turkey he spent three
weeks in Alexandria practiciog Turkish.
After arriving at Bombay, he travelled
third clAss 10 Allahabad. When asked
what be was doing he replied that he was
going TO Kashmir to obtain a legacy which
vas due to him from the executors OF his
brother, DIR. Asadul Khan, who had died
five years before, and whose property had
been confiscated by the State. At Amritsur
he lived in caTavinsaral, chiefly with ma
tiyes. Two OF them, Persian and a Turk,
told him one evening that they suspected
him Of being no Asiatic, but Russian de-
sertcr. The Persian, who knew little
Russian, vented TO speak Russian with him.
The Turk shOwered curses upon the
whole Russian nation, and at the
same time expressed his humiliation
that fate bad appointed the English
and Russian nations to rule over
Asia. But he blessed the English for their
good rule Of the land, whereas in his own
HOLY Turkey. where the Niceroy OF the
Prophet ruled, there was neither order nor
Justice. the laws were disObeyed by all,
9nd everywhere injustice and disorder was
spread. The Turk wanted to know il all
Russians were Of gigantic stature and
strength, and whether Russians when they
stormed town did not commit terrible
ctuelties. The Doctor replied That itmIght
be so: he had heard such things about
these accuTsed Giaours, but that he was not
a Russian soldier, as the Turkish passport
he produced would prove. And by means
OF It he did remove the suspicious which
bad been caused by his faults OF pr0nuncla.
tiOn and his want Of familiarity with Per-
.ian and Turkish idlomS.
Whist crossing the river Rayi the Doctor
was surprised by the honesty OF the ferry
men and the lOwness OF their charges,
fayorablv comparing them with the charges
and the dishonesty OF the men VITO had as
sisted hmstO cross the river Ienisei, IN
| Siberia. His native companions explained
that this was due to the English, for "lhc
natives fear them exceedingly, aud do not
venture in any way 10 displease them, for
the English generously reward labor aud
| severely punish dishonesty
AT Shakut DR.. Pushino found that In
| quiries were being made about him, and
| that II vas said be ought TO apply to the.
| English authorities Tor a letter TO the Ma
haraiah OF Kashmir; but he pushed on
without waiting for It to Kashmir. aud
! reached JamOo, where he was Intercepted
Is to who be was and what he WAS doing.
| In an interview with the NIZer and his
son he told them in confidence that be was
r Russian tourist, who wished to ask the
| Maharaiah for leave TO push on into kash'
mir. They promised to write TO the Ma
| barsjah, but they pressed him anew with
! questions as TO who he was. lie explained
! that "eigbt years before an embassy
was sent by the Mahlraiah to
| Ta,hkent to congratulate the Rus
slams upon their new possessions and
to wish success TO their arms;
! that these ENJOYS arrived without any
passport and were courte0usly received;
that /, counting upon their cordially. had
| come 20 return their visit, though | was not
a ulenipotentary sent by the Government,
| and had no papers, and that | wished to
see these ENJOYS. They replied that they
thanked him greatly for his visit; but that
/ The ENJOYS in question were not then i'm
! Jamoo. Afterwards" he continues,
"ihey asked me to swear that ] was not
an Eugishman, and | was not sent by
| the English authorities; | took the oath
upoD q New Testament, Of which they had
! 4 copy both in Russian and Persian. They
! REPLIED amen and began 10 talk frankly
| with ne upon all matters concerning
| the English and ourselves" But as
| TO what they stated about their feelings to-
ward the English Government and their
! ideas concerning The approach OF the Rus
slams DR.. Pashno sensibly, but most pro-
! yokingly. keeps silence. After some time
| the Mahar9iahs reply arrived. Leave WIS
| given 20 20 through Leh to 1arkand,
| KashgaT, and still further, but the traveller
was ordered 81 avoid k9shmir. Angcrcd
by this, "he determined to apply to the
| English with the humble request 10 be
! allowed to pass through the dOminions
OF the Maharajah and through Kash-
/ mir He obtained the permission he
! cIayed without any difficulty, and he ar
| ranged with Kashmirian 10 take him
| 10 Kashmir for twenty rupees. Then he
/ set out. A little beyond Islamabad he fell
in with fakir named Mitridas, native OF
Putyala, who in the cOuIse OF conversation
favored with his opinions about the English.
The English, according TO BIN. are an ac-
tive and intelligent people, who never waste
time, and who work hard for their hire.
For their women he expressed great a1mi-
| ration, but he objected TO their missiona-
| ries, upon the ground that they are always
striving to turn aside the faithful from the
| truth. Heaso objected to the taxes which
| the English authorities imposed.
DIR. Pashino reached Kashmir in safety.
Near Bonli one nigh! be found difficulty
in obtaining 4 lodging in the village. At
length he found host, who confessed that
be was not an Afghan, buta Russian soldier
WHO had been taken prisoner twenty years
ago at Ak Mecbet and sold by the Bokha-
rians into Afghanistan. He had been born
serf upon the shores OF the Nolgl. On
being taken prisoner he was put into
chains, then sold 10 an Usbeg, who
TOOK him to Shbyrgan, where he
was set to grind corn. There he worked
till bis master died, three and a bali years
later. Making his way to Herat he entered
Ahmed Khan's army and assisted in forth
Iying the city. Under him was an Eng
lishmap, with whom be had constant quar-
rels as TO the Notifications. When the city
was taken by Dost Mubammed he fled to
Guzni, where he opened shop and traded,
having by this time accumulated much
money. Then he wentt0 Cabul, and thence
TO Pe,haWer. aud 30 on 10 BODii.
In BOnii Or. PashinO spent an evening
with seven deryishes in their khan and
divided a shilling between them. Next
day, after he had left, one OF the derylshes
came running after him, gave him back hts
shilling. and gave him three cakes OF fresh
baked bread, saying: L" Take back all,
please; YOU will want 1t on the Nay; you
are a traveller. God forbid you should
hunger and regret the silver piece which